Immigration Minister: Minister and Refugee

immigration minister: It provides a huge contrast to the sort of cabinet appointments the president-elect is making south of the border -- mostly aging, paunchy, white billionaires, according to Rabble. But people in the refugee and immigration community have also got to be at least a bit apprehensive about the mere fact that there is a new minister. Please consider supporting his work with a monthly donation Support Karl on Patreon today for as little as 1 per month! Toronto lawyer Ahmed Hussen is Canada's first refugee and immigration minister who was himself a refugee, and those who work with refugees are applauding his appointment. John McCallum, the departing minister, had, in the view of those close to the issue, been doing a good job. But there are lots of other big challenges for the immigration ministry, many of them legacies of the Harper government, and McCallum was just getting moving on those. We all know about McCallum's and his department's success in shepherding the large, new influx of Syrian refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.